Carrier profile · USDOT 2199093 · MC-776505 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Browns Towing & Repair Inc

45 power unitsavg 3.7 yrRegional · 5 statesGREENVILLE, PA74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-776505 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 36.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 33 vehicle and 48 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

50.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 11.2 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

47 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 5

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 45-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
48
Annualized
≈24 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

9%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
8%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
17%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.41 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.128 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Aug 13, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 23 total · 11 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265025
20256016
20242022
20233013
20223003
20181001
20171101
20151011
20131001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 12, 2026PA02Yes
Jul 4, 2026PA01Yes
Jun 19, 2026PA00Yes
Apr 6, 2026PA00Yes
Apr 3, 2026PA00Yes
Nov 5, 2025PA00Yes
Oct 30, 2025OH00Yes
Jun 11, 2025PA00Yes
May 8, 2025PA03Yes
Apr 2, 2025PA00Yes
Mar 27, 2025PA00Yes
Aug 16, 2024OH01Yes
Mar 1, 2024PA01Yes
Nov 20, 2023PA00Yes
Sep 26, 2023PA01Yes
Jul 18, 2023PA00Yes
Oct 25, 2022PA00Yes
Aug 16, 2022KY00Yes
Jul 17, 2022PA00Yes
Dec 27, 2018PA00Yes
Nov 20, 2017PA10Yes
Jan 9, 2015PA02Yes
Oct 4, 2013PA00Yes